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Hurricane Ian briefly reached maximum Category 5 status before weakening to a Category 4 storm as it blasted ashore last September in southwest Florida, eventually causing over $112 billion in damage in the U.S. and more than 150 deaths…

Ten years ago this month, Senator Chuck Schumer declared, “We all know that our immigration system is broken, and it’s time to get to work on fixing it.” Senator John McCain quoted Winston Churchill. But it was Lindsey Graham who offered…

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is in New York, where he will turn himself in Tuesday to face a criminal indictment, the first ever filed against a current or former U.S. leader.    It is not known how Trump's appearance at a state…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday urged Russia's foreign minister to release Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist detained last week on accusations of espionage.   Blinken "conveyed the United States' grave concern over…

"It's been more than a half century since astronauts journeyed to the moon — that's about to change," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson as he stood before the current astronaut corps as well as veterans of the Apollo and Space Shuttle…

McDonald's announced Monday plans to lay off a number of corporate employees and closed U.S. offices through Wednesday as the company prepares to deliver the notifications as part of a larger restructuring plan. The international…

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen returns to the United States this week where she will meet with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other lawmakers in an event that Beijing has said it firmly opposes. Tsai will talk with McCarthy and a group…

Jasmine Carson picked an excellent day to play one of the best basketball games of her life. In the national championship at the American Airlines Center, Carson scored 22 points to lead Louisiana State (LSU) to a 102-85 win over Iowa,…

In a grim report issued last week, the World Bank warned of a slow-growth crisis in the global economy that could persist over the coming decade unless governments worldwide adopt what it calls "sustainable, growth-oriented policies." The…